Resign, lie low, return cleansed: Malta’s favourite political launderette

Roderick Galdes has resigned. Not because he accepts wrongdoing. Not because any authority has found him guilty of anything. But because we are told he is the victim of “synchronised attacks”, and because staying put had become politically inconvenient. It is an old Maltese ritual, polished to a shine. I know what else you can polish, but which will